Record Shopping Etiquette
The do’s, the don’ts, and best practices when it comes to shopping for vinyl.
UK-based Impressive Collective releases deluxe reissue of Ginger Johnson’s 1967 classic ‘African Party’ album
With much-anticipation, London-based BBE Music imprint label Impressive Collective has recently released a deluxe reissue of Ginger Johnson’s 1967 groundbreaking Afro-percussive album, African Party.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, Jan 25, 2025
Listen back to the January 25th BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast dives into some jazz dance selections from Herbie Mann, Chick Corea, Dave Grusin, and Jimmy Cobb, as well as superb renditions of Afro-Cuban jazz classics from Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy O’ Keefe, along with some “nu jazz” gems from Gerardo Frisina, The Invisible Session, Jukka Eskola and much more!
BeatCaffeine’s Weekly Record Rundown 01.24.25
The first BeatCaffeine Weekly Record Rundown of 2025 highlights Jazzman Records’ latest volume of their highly-acclaimed Spiritual Jazz compilation series, diving deep into the vaults of the German SABA and MPS labels, a brilliant Night Dreamer direct-to-disc album from legendary Dutch-Surinamese multi-instrumentalist Ronald Snijders, a must-own 7″ from Mukatsuku Records featuring the funky sounds of Italian supergroup Addict Ameba, and a massive soulful jazzy house album from Chicago’s Vick Lavender.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, Jan 11, 2025
Listen back to the first BeatCaffeine Radio show of 2025 on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast dives into some Brazilian-inspired classics from Airto, Lonnie Sattin, George Duke, and Jay Hoggard, as well as the latest from Azymuth, and some jazz dance gems from Gerardo Frisina, Shigeharu Mukai, Pharoah Sanders and more!
Ten Lovers Music releases The Coin EP Volume 2 with The Robinson & Takahiro Fuchigami
For the label’s 48th release, Steve Conry’s Ten Lovers Music has recently put out Volume 2 of The Coin EP series featuring new tracks from both the Italian brother duo known as The Robinson and Japanese artist Takahiro Fuchigami.
BeatCaffeine’s Favorite Tracks of 2024
Happy New Year! We’ve made it to the final day of 2024. For what will probably be the final BeatCaffeine “best of” list of the year, we dive into some of our favorite tracks over the past twelve months. This one definitely gets the reward for most difficult list to put together out of the bunch. Even though this list stops at 40, this could have easily been a top 100 given how great some of the music was this year.
BeatCaffeine’s Favorite Compilations of 2024
As we wind down the final days of 2024, we take a look back at some of the essential compilation releases over the past 12 months. From tropical grooves to jazz dance, spiritual, cosmic and obscure selections from around the globe, these well-crafted records helped shine a much-needed light on some incredible gems from many under-the-radar talented artists and musicians.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, Dec 28, 2024
Listen back to Saturday, December 28, 2024 BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast looks back at just some of my favorite jazz reissues and previously unreleased records from 2024 including tracks by Sun Ra, Webster Lewis, Roland Haynes Jr & Phenix, Roy Hargrove, Copa Salvo, Enzo Randisi, and much more!
BeatCaffeine’s Favorite Reissues, Lost Recordings & Retrospectives of 2024
As with new music releases in 2024, there where many incredible reissues and previously unreleased recordings that came out throughout the year. I continue to be amazed by some of the recordings that continue to be unearthed each and every year. As I’ve mentioned before, I feel like the quality of the actual reissue releases themselves also continues to improve in time.
BeatCaffeine Radio on Motion FM, Dec 14, 2024
Listen back to Saturday, December 14, 2024 BeatCaffeine Radio show on Motion FM, hosted by TJ Gorton. The broadcast looks back at just some of my favorite jazz and cosmic selections from 2024 that have yet to be played on the show including tracks by Nala Sinephro, Ezra Collective, Rosa Brunello, Lucas Arruda, Tom Funk’s The Sultan’s Swing, The Robinson, the return of Galliano, two incredible covers from Japanese based groups Nautilus and Cruisic, and so much more!
